Haha!@ Sounds fun. I seem to do the same with the camera. Either run the helmet cam and don't turn it on, or carry the digital and never bother taking it out for happy snaps. I get all caught up in just riding.
On topic for me improving my skills has come from riding with people who are a bit better or who encourage you to step slightly across the comfort line. Also when riding with a more casual or larger group where the break stops increase and the general pace is slower I'll spend more time play riding on the more challenging lines, staying up on the pegs, precision placing the front wheel into/over obsticals, jumping larger logs etc. I think this is where most skills come from. If you can work on establishing the technical base skills the pace naturally follows (to a certain extent). Some people like me will never be truly fast, but I can ride up/over/through most obsticals encountered.
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